Merge pull request #248428 from cephalin/cephalin-patch-1-4

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/97915

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

includes/app-service-web-deploy-zip-prepare.md

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ services: app-service
 author: cephalin
 ms.service: app-service
 ms.topic: "include"
-ms.date: 01/14/2020
+ms.date: 08/31/2023
 ms.author: cephalin
 ms.custom: "include file"
 ---
 
 ## Create a project ZIP package
 
->[!NOTE]
-> If you downloaded the files in a ZIP package, extract the files first. For example, if you downloaded a ZIP package from GitHub, you cannot deploy that file as-is. GitHub adds additional nested directories, which do not work with App Service. 
+>[IMPORTANT]
+> When creating the ZIP package for deployment, don't include the root directory, but only the files and directories in it. If you download a GitHub repository as a ZIP file, you cannot deploy that file as-is to App Service. GitHub adds additional nested directories at the top level, which do not work with App Service.
 >
 
 In a local terminal window, navigate to the root directory of your app project. 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This directory should contain the entry file to your web app, such as _index.htm
 
 Unless you want App Service to run deployment automation for you, run all the build tasks (for example, `npm`, `bower`, `gulp`, `composer`, and `pip`) and make sure that you have all the files you need to run the app. This step is required if you want to [run your package directly](../articles/app-service/deploy-run-package.md).
 
-Create a ZIP archive of everything in your project. For `dotnet` projects, this folder is the output folder of the `dotnet publish` command. The following command uses the default tool in your terminal:
+Create a ZIP archive of everything in your project. For `dotnet` projects, this is everything in the output directory of the `dotnet publish` command (excluding the output directory itself). For example, the following command in your terminal to create a ZIP package of the contents of the current directory:
 
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